Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 57cd000c63aa25cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

26.7 KB Created: 2011-04-22 17:55:48 +03:00 Authoring application: Loan Los Angeles Wiki (via mPDF 5.0)
MD5: 2651dec999a1328097b7db48046c1fc8 SHA-1: a815e806a6def1aae68f34a2e19f8151b31be8a5 SHA-256: 57cd000c63aa25cbe586686bf51e936ddd97cf71c0dbd24b1099b05af6039240
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript streams, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious. The presence of unescape() calls and obfuscated scripts suggests an attempt to hide malicious code execution. The extracted artifacts, javascript_obj0022_000.js and javascript_obj0022_001.js, are likely responsible for the malicious behavior, potentially downloading and executing a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

Heuristics 4

  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits
  • Suspicious extracted artifact medium EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.
  • JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0022_000.js
357d06d70777f397a54fd04180a5ee36f36a8ec5c7cbbafdfab41f20901b25ac
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 22 at offset 0x647B 136 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long hex-escaped blob(s).
javascript_obj0022_001.js
607a0753f2d28ea7a383d2e729ee9a1eeb69db22eafb74fa3e1d444ae047c123
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 22 at offset 0x647B 134 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long hex-escaped blob(s).